June Recap

Monday, July 01, 2013

Well, June is over and we are on to July already. It has been a challenging month to keep SP goals with moving and travel and all that comes with it. Here is a recap of my June:

1) Weight - I started July at 188, up 4 lbs since 1 June and up 7 lbs since 1 Jan. I really don't want to get back up into the 190's so will have to do a bit better through this transition. My range in May was 181-186, my range in June was 184-188. Slowly creeping the wrong direction.

2) Fitness - My Achilles is recuperating and I am trying to take it easy. I have been keeping my runs in the 3-4 mile range and not pushing that hard. I ran 38 miles in June, bringing me to 518 miles for the year. If I can work my mileage back up, I can make my goal of 1,000 miles, but recovery still takes priority. I need to figure out when I can get access to the pool and work that into the schedule again.

3) Food - We have been out of our house for 2 weeks now and it will be another two weeks before we get settled. That means a lot more eating out than we are used to. If I focus on better choices for the next two weeks I can probably stem the weight creep. Then when we get settled in our new house, I can work on getting back to the low 180's.

4) Races - We are signed up for the Bay Days 4th of July race. I will be doing the 5 miler, and the two big kids will do the 1 miler. I have done the race before and was able to come in under 40 minutes. Given that I have not been training much over the past 6 weeks, I think I will come in around 42-43 min.

Moving is tough, it doesn't leave alit of time or energy for anything else. Especially when you are not yet settled in the new place. At least you know what the issues are and have some plans for self-correcting. Here's to a great July and rest of the year!